I just had to try it with my own beef cannelloni filling. Although, not exactly like the real thing (pasta) I’m trying to makeover my Italian recipes to make me feel less bloated and feel great after eating them. This tortilla did the job! Yum!

Season your pan with olive oil (we used a 10" non-stick pan) ideally if you could magic up a rectangle fry pan that would be genius!

Heat pan on medium to medium-low heat

Pour 1/3 cup of batter into the centre of pan to form about a 6" circle tilting the pan to spread the batter into a circle.

Cook for 2-3 minutes until tortilla is lightly browned on the bottom

Flip and cook about 1 to 1 1/2 minutes on the opposite side until browned

Place tortillas on a paper towel-lined plate

Makes about 12 tortillas about 6-inches in diameter set aside.

Sauce

Heat oil in a saucepan and add garlic and onion, cook on medium low heat until soft.

Add chopped carrot, celery and cook until veggies are soft then add herbs.

Break apart beef mince into pan and sprinkle salt on the beef, break up lumps of mince with a wooden spoon until all lumps are gone and beef is browned.

Stir and add tomato passata and bring to a boil. Once sauce is boiling bring the heat down to low and cover.

Cook for 1 hour on low heat letting the sauce simmer with lid on until the sauce thickens stirring often you will start to see the oil from the meat rise to the top. Turn off and set aside.

Mince filling

Heat oil in a fry pan or saucepan and add garlic and onion, cook on medium low heat until soft.

Add chopped carrot, celery and cook until veggies are soft.

Break apart beef mince into pan and sprinkle salt on the beef, break up lumps of mince with a wooden spoon until all lumps are gone and beef is browned.

Add herbs and basil then stir and cook until the fat from the beef starts to rise. Place mince mixture in a colander and let the fat strain out the bottom into a bowl. (You can use the liquid for a broth or for cooking sauce)

Add the mince mixture into a food processor and process into a fine mince.

Preheat oven at 180 degrees (356F)

Assembling

In a large rectangle oven dish place 2 ladles of the sauce onto the bottom on the pan.

Holding a tortilla in the palm of your hand spoon mince mixture along in the middle to fill and wrap the tortilla sides over and place gently (folded side down) into the pan.

Continue this process until all tortillas are lined in the pan as shown the in the photo.

Ladle sauce on to cover all the tortillas if there is left over sauce that is fine, use it to serve, and place in the preheated oven for 30 minutes.

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Marianne found success with Paleo eating when she did a Whole 30 challenge with her husband in 2014. She hit her goal weight and improved her health and wellbeing. Marianne started giving Paleo makeovers to many of her families' traditional recipes and decided to share it with everyone on her Gusto Paleo blog.